Gettysburg's unknown soldier
the life, death, and celebrity of Amos Humiston
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Word Count
68,000 words, Guess
Page Count
272 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL378289M
- ISBN-100275962946
- OCLC Control Number39763897
- OCLC Control Numbergettysburgsunkno0000dunk
- Library of Congress Control Number98040342
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- Goodreads4899337
- LibraryThing2047918
Classifications
- DDC973.7/349
- LCCE475.53 .D86 1999
Description
He was found dead on the battlefield at Gettysburg, an unknown soldier with nothing to identify him but an ambrotype of his three children, clutched in his fingers. With the photograph as the single, sad clue to his identity, a publicity campaign to locate his family swept the North. Within a month, the bereaved widow and children were located in Portville, New York, and the devoted father was revealed to be Sergeant Amos Humiston of the 154th New York Volunteers. Using many previously untapped sources, this book tells the tale of 19th-century war, sentiment, and popular culture in greater detail than ever before. In this extensive account, a full portrait emerges of Amos Humiston, the loving husband and father destined to be remembered for his death tableau, and his family, the widow and orphans who struggled for the rest of their lives with celebrity born of tragedy.
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